Thermally Advantaged Tested Chassis Guide

1.3 Recommended Chassis Type
This design guide refers to a chassis with the features listed below. However, the
ingredients and design techniques described here could be adapted to other chassis:
- Fits a standard ATX or µATX motherboard
- Supports two external 5.25-inch peripheral bays, one or two external 3.5-inch
peripheral bays, and one or two internal 3.5-inch peripheral bays
- Includes standard support for add-in cards
- Provides single system-fan cooling with provision for at least one 92mm rear
exhaust fan
o (Note that this statement excludes the fan in the Power Supply)
- Internal power supply with fan exhausting from the system enclosure
1.4 Reference Documents
Document / Resource Document Location
ISO 7779-Acoustics–Measurement of Airborne Noise Emitted by
information Technology and Telecommunications Equipment
http://www.iso.org
General system and component design guides and suggestions http://www.formfactors.org/